THIS IS A CROSS-POST FROM MY OTHER BLOG
MARK
How do you document real life when real life’s getting more like fiction each day?Headlines - bread-lines blow my mindAnd now this deadline “Eviction - or pay”Rent!
ROGER
How do you write a song when the chords sound wrong,though they once sounded right and rare? When the notes are sour Where is the power you once had to ignite the air?
MARK
And we’re hungry and frozen
ROGER
Some life that we’ve chosen
ROGER & MARK
How we gonna pay? How we gonna pay? How we gonna pay? Last year’s rent?
ROGER
How do you start a fire when there’s nothingto burn and it feels like something’s stuck in your flue?
MARK
How can you generate heatWhen you can’t feel your feet?
ROGER & MARK
And they’re turning blue!
MARK
You light up a mean blaze
ROGER
With posters -
MARK
And screenplays
ROGER & MARK
How we gonna pay? How we gonna pay?How we gonna pay? Last year’s rent?
COLLINS
How do you stay on your feet when on every streetIt’s “trick or treat” and tonight it’s “trick”“Welcome back to town” I should lie downEverything’s brown, and uh-ohI feel sick
MARK
Where is he?
COLLINS
Getting dizzy
ROGER & MARK
How we gonna pay
TENANTS
How we gonna payHow we gonna pay
ROGER, MARK & TENANTS
Last year’s rent
MARK
“The music ignites the night with passionate fire”
ROGER
“The narration crackles and pops with incendiary wit”
MARK
Zoom in as they burn the past to the ground
ROGER & MARK
And feel the heat of the future’s glowHow do you leave the past behindWhen it keeps finding ways to get to your heart?It reaches way down deep and tears you inside out“Til you’re torn apartRent!
ROGER, MARK & TENANTS
How can you connect in an ageWhere strangers, landlords, loversYour own blood cells betray!What binds the fabric togetherWhen the ringing, shifting winds of changeKeep ripping away!
BENNY
Draw a line in the sandAnd then make a stand!
ROGER
Use your camera to spar
MARK
Use your guitar
TENANTS
When they act tough - you call their bluff
ROGER & MARK
We’re not gonna pay
ROGER, MARK & TENANTS
We’re not gonna payWe’re not gonna payLast year’s rent! This year’s rent!Next year’s rentRent rent rent rent rentWe’re not gonna pay rent!!
‘Cause everything is RENT!!!
If you’re unfamiliar with Rent, it is a very powerful story about friends battling disease, relationships, societal norms, mulitculturalism, addiction, sexual orientation and many other contemporary issues. The story is incredibly powerful and an incredible message that I believe imperative to reach thousands of people around the world, enlightening them through the power of theatre and music to the horrible truth that so many people all around the world are suffering from: poverty, AIDS (as well as other diseases) and being shunned and outcasts of society because of personal lifestyle. The story is touching and powerful, written originially as an off-Broadway show written by Jonathan Larson.
I believe it is a very important message to spread as far and wide as it possibly can be, and with the DVD release today, I pray that the story is shared with as many people as possible.
God Bless.
No day but today.
2 comments:
I've been wanting to talk to you about Rent since I saw it--for some reason I knew you had probably seen and liked it...
I loved it. I was glad to see an honest and powerful way of looking at so many difficult issues. It has such a touching and extremely important message.
I've been recommending it to everyone I know can watch it with an open mind and understand its message, and at very least trying to share the message with those I know won't watch it.
Anyway, here's to awareness, acceptance and love.
No day but today.
If you have access, watch the documentary on the second disc. It's very important, and creates such a deeper meaning of the story.
At the end of it all, there is still a profound hope.
Thank you Jonathon Larson.
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